Necronomicon . Weekly Alibi . 06-06-97

Necronomicon

DIRECTED BY: Brian Yuzna

REVIEWED: 06-06-97

This anthology flick, "based on the stories of H.P. Lovecraft," is finally getting a release in the states after a long period of being relegated to the bootleg tables at comic conventions. "The Drowned" tells the tale of a man (Bruce Payne) who inherits one of those funky old houses that's about to collapse into the sea. A letter from his long-dead uncle explains the evil that dwells in the place--and you know what that means: weird, drippy fish monsters and "Videodrome" fave Maria Ford! In "The Cold," the under-appreciated David Warner plays a mad scientist living in a boarding house who, mysteriously, can't function if he gets too warm--but he falls in love and wants to do the mattress macarena, and you know how difficult it is to partake of that particular thrill without things heating up at least a little. "Whispers" is a whacked-out tale of two cops who stumble into a subterranean nightmare world in downtown L.A. Now, for the most part this movie's a little weak, but it's worth seeing for this downbeat segment, which had me squirming, and for the cool framing sequence featuring the always-terrific Jeffrey Combs (The Frighteners), decked out in prosthetic makeup that makes him look like Bruce Campbell, as ol' H.P. himself. (New Line Home Video)

--Scott Phillips

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